Dunhuang and the Study of Sino-Western Communication

Author: Sun Xiuwen
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Publish Date: 2002-09-01
Features: This book takes Dunhuang, a crucial hub of Sino-Western communication, as a case study to provide a glimpse into the general picture of ancient Chinese and Western exchanges. It offers extensive discussions on cultural, technological, economic, and personnel exchanges between ancient China and the West, allowing us in the millennia that followed to gain a vivid and concrete understanding of the prosperity of the ancient Sino-Western routes. The book is divided into nine parts: the Naming and Connotation of the Silk Road, the Opening of the Silk Road, the Theory of the "Four Masters," the Kingdom of India, the Friendship between Tang and the Indian Tributaries, the Relationship between Tang and the Turkic Khaganate, the Tang-Tibetan Road, the Travelers on the Silk Road, and the Cultural and Technological Exchange between China and India.